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I am a retired hotel/restaurant manager and former owner of a tour company. After retirement, I opted to remain in Phan Thiet, Vietnam rather than return to my previous home in San Francisco. I am a gay man who has never been married, but I 'adopted' a Vietnamese family twenty years ago and then built a home on a hectare of land in Phan Thiet, where six of us currently live.
Since retirement in 2016, I have been helping the owner of the resort I had previously managed as his on-site representative. In that capacity, I started to invite Workaway volunteers to assist at his newly purchased resort. But when the pandemic started, we permanently closed the resort. After foreign tourism had returned to Vietnam, I changed the Workaway volunteer program to the resort which I had managed before retiring. A large majority of our foreign guests are from Europe, so, we felt that workaway volunteers could help the staff members improve their English, German and French, plus help them to bridge the divide between Vietnamese and foreign cultures.
We are looking for volunteers willing to stay a minimum of three months to help with guest relations throughout the resort, IT related issues, maintenance, plus language training for staff members, as well as to assist with Yoga and Tai Chi classes for guests.
Although our calendar shows that we have sufficient volunteers until the middle of next year, we will make an exception for native German speakers. The majority of our guests this winter are German, many of whom come from the portion of the country that was previously East Germany and they never learned to speak English.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
They would be staying at a beautiful large four-star garden resort on a wide sandy beach. The resort is within two kilometers of the market in the center of Mui Ne, a very traditional Vietnamese fishing community with over 10,000 residents. They can learn from the local staff and the local people about Vietnamese culture and they can share aspects of their cultures with these people. At the same time, they can participate in many of the same activities that tourists come to Mui Ne, Phan Thiet to experience.
Help
Volunteers to help the guest relations staff to communicate with guests throughout the resort, plus help with IT operational issues, yoga, tai chi instruction and regular maintenance.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Vietnamese: Intermediate
Accommodation
Accommodations within the resort and three meals per day.
What else ...
There are a number of local attractions, such as the sand dunes, the fairy stream, the largest reclining Buddha in Southeast Asia atop a mountain, and historical and cultural sites, such as the 1,100 year old Cham Towers. Also, the resort itself offers a number of activities that they can participate in, such as kite surfing, (November to April), kayaking, SUP Boarding, volleyball, tennis, badminton and football.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Five hours a day (max 25 hours/week)
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it's been a pleasure and privilege to work with and alongside the resort family during 2 months.
PR, guest relationship in english, german, french, italian, as well as language teaching and more have
been fascinating, important assignments - thank you all for the confidence and trust placed in me.
you're a great… read more
Steve, manager and coordinator of volunteers, on second day of my staying invited our team in restaurant and club, we had little party together!)
I'm really… read more
My duties was help them improving in their position in google, play volley with the clients in the beach and help in the restaurant with english… read more
Accommodation: I was sharing one of resort’s room with another WorkAwayer. We had our own spacious bathroom and AC(!). Resort is a great place if you are looking for… read more
Both of them… read more
Trung, the manager at the reception was extremely helpful too and made sure we had a comfortable stay. My partner was in charge of teaching English to the staff twice a day which he thoroughly enjoyed… read more
While staying for a bit more than one month and a half we were provided a private room normally used for guests’ accommodation with a king-size bed and private bathroom. Each day we got three delicious… read more
I feel so grateful… read more
Accommodation: They gave us a room on the resort with a king size bed and… read more
